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IMPORTED GOODS

AFTER 160 YEARS OF HONEST WORK storing grain and housing hogs in Indiana, USA, this old timber barn was destined for the scrap heap. But it scored a second chance at life when Australian builder Terry Harris picked it for a long-held passion project.

The 63-year-old fell in love with the clean architecture of traditional American barns on regular holidays to the US. “It was a dream of his to bring one back to Australia and turn it into a home on the family’s land up at Merrijig,” explains

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